Sunday, 5 February 2012

Deborah Lippmann: The Stripper to Go vs. flakies

One coat of Essie Good to Go base, two coats of Nicole by OPI It's All about the Glam, one coat of Essie Shine of the Times, and one coat of Seche Vite.

I wore this combo to the hockey game last night, and I have to say I really liked it! Subtle, pretty, and shimmery. The dense flakies of Shine of the Times make it an ideal one coater over lighter polishes. I wouldn't try this with say, any of the Picture Polish flakies - it'd take too many coats to see any flakies at all!

I wore this polish for about a day and a half before removal, and here are the results.

Left hand:

Right hand:

The mitt after cleaning:

Overall, this was a pretty big disappointment. There were flakies left all over my nails, even on the first few nails, and by nail 6 I really had to work at it to get anything off at all. This resulted in some bits of lint coming off the mitt and sticking to my nails. As with the creme + glitter experiment, I found that the mitt itself dried out before I got to my right thumb. I did try to use the packaging as a cover for the mitt, but it just didn't work - I couldn't grip the mitt enough to work it over my nails.

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Sci-fi/fantasy nerd, classic cocktail lover, polish blogger wannabe, technology consultant. Bought my first bottle of nail polish just after Halloween 2011. Amazing how such a small purchase has spiraled into this! I'm still learning how best to paint and photograph my nails, but I'm improving every day!